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The Job Scam Report Podcast

Mark Anthony Dyson

Business & Entrepreneuriat

Fréquence : 1 épisode/14j. Total Éps: 58

The podcast, “The Job Scam Report,” can only be found here on my Substack and YouTube. I created "The Job Scam Report" on Substack in May 2024. I started the podcast shortly after realizing its potential to reach many more job seekers trying to conduct a job search without being lured by bad actors. Job scams are a pandemic in the marketplace. The sooner the signs of a scam are recognized, the quicker one must disengage from communication with them. It should take just one sign to stop, block, and report them. Inform your network and report if you have engaged with a link, PDF, or downloaded a communication from them. Subscribe to my Substack: markanthonydyson.substack.com. Contact me with inquiries: markanthonydyson{at}substack{dot}com. Along the way, I added April Price-Horton, Jay Jones, and Russell Irby as regular co-hosts. We've created memorable and informative shows that have been watched by hundreds of participants on LinkedIn Live. Ashley Price-Horton: YouTube: @cybercareeradvancement LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apricehorton/ Jay Jones: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonesdoyoucopy/ We have also been featured in prominent mainstream media outlets, including Forbes, Fast Company, CNET, Marketplace Tech, and American Business Journals.

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AI Fraud Surge in Hiring: Download The Zero-Trust Mindset

mardi 11 août 2026 • Durée 08:55

This week, I wanted to share an excerpt from a podcast I recently appeared on, “Careering with Cameron.” I discussed the “Zero Trust” mindset and offered insights for the employed, unemployed, and underemployed on how to job search safely and strategically. This core mantra can be practiced daily by examining everything and everyone.

Follow the host, Kevin Cameron, on LinkedIn. Lots of great content. His recruitment experience is insightful and helpful to job seekers.

Remember, no one is safe from threat actors luring you into the job-scam abyss. Entrepreneurs, even those we admire, receive fake money-making opportunities.

Workers in blue-collar professions are receiving fake offers. Many have to tread carefully when pursuing training and certifications from credible institutions. Threat actors offer non-existent, easy-path-to-hire training that not only steals cash but also a victim’s financial information.

All scams have the following in common:

• The assurance of being qualified.

• Generous pay, a flexible schedule, easy tasks, and unlimited PTO bait.

• An investment is needed from the victim.

• Little to no time for successful vetting.

• The need is now.

We are so far from 2020, when job scams began an unprecedented surge to more than $500 million since then.

Repeat it with me:

Clarify.

Verify.

Don’t just apply.

Stay scam-free, y’all.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit markanthonydyson.substack.com/subscribe

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Faking the Funk: Ghost Jobs, Fake Employers, and the Fight for Transparency

mardi 28 juillet 2026 • Durée 13:50

The crew was back together for another insightful episode of not just job scam advice, but also an important discussion about ghost jobs. There are two states in the news addressing them from two different angles:

New York has a bill where they are calling on employers to be transparent to post whether the job is currently hiring, will hire in the future, or a ghost job (not the term used in the bill).

Texas Attorney General is investigating whether LinkedIn is charging its premium members for non-existent job posts.

Both issues I discussed in last week’s newsletter, but hearing the other cast member’s perspective is so interesting. As usual, Ashley, Russ, and Jay join me for quite a robust conversation as we try to make sense of it all.

* Ghost jobs vs. fake jobs

No matter how much education we’ve done as a show, in general, job seekers can’t tell the difference between an actively hiring job and a ghost job (real postings kept open indefinitely, aka “evergreen jobs.)”

* New York’s transparency bill

New York’s latest legislation demands that employers disclose whether a posted job is for immediate hiring, future planning, or just data mining.

* Texas vs. LinkedIn

The Texas attorney general is challenging LinkedIn for charging premium members for access to jobs that may not exist.

* Real jobs can look like ghost jobs

Slow-moving state/government hiring processes (sometimes 1-2+ months) frustrate applicants.

* Recurring/stale postings

Ghost jobs are reposted repeatedly over years (Russ stated listings are still active two years after applying). Can’t help but to believe it’s data mining.

* Scammer impact and pushback

Russ shared how harassment from scammers contacting his workplace, forcing him to shift from public callouts to private, individual investigations.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

Easy Apply Is a Trap — Here’s The One Thing to Do Instead

mardi 30 juin 2026 • Durée 15:32

In this episode of “The Job Scam Report,” we are not only looking at the lack of caution job seekers are taking when scrutinizing jobs, but also at how they are recklessly job searching. My co-hosts, Ashley and Russ, are offering great insight into how employers view job seekers’ self-presentation. view job seekers’ self-presentation.

I personally got a kick out of Russ’ line about his friend presenting an old version of his resume. Let me know if you hear it.

Here are a few highlights of the show:

1. “Spray and Pray” Job Applications Don’t Work.“Easy Apply” is sucking up job seekers’ energy, as many apply to hundreds of jobs without visible outcomes.

2. Job Searching Is a Skill Most People Don’t Have.The more strategic job seekers are, the more successful and safer they become. Job seekers who haven’t searched for a job in 10 years or more don’t update their résumés to look modern or relevant.

3. Yes, Safe AND Strategic.

Remove outdated info (physical addresses, old email formats) and understand how embedded metadata in resumes can expose personal information. Know exactly where your resume is going before submitting it.

4. Go Straight to the Source.

Apply directly through the company’s career pages, not job boards. Make sure you use a separate channel, not a link from strangers. Use lists like the S&P 500 to verify legitimate employers, and whois.com. Use three outside channels to verify information about the company, recruiter, or hiring manager.

5. Recruiting Firms: Read the Fine PrintAny recruitment firm will uphold its privacy and data disclosure policies. Make sure it’s a legitimate business, the personnel contacting you are actual employees, and it has a solid reputation.

6. AI Is Making It Harder to Know What’s RealAI-generated avatars and bots will appear real, but will have subtle characteristics. The more job seekers adopt a “Zero-Trust” approach, the stronger their personal safety precautions become.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

Verify First: How Professionals Can Stay Safe in a Scam-Saturated Job Market

mardi 16 juin 2026 • Durée 49:44

I announced last week during this event, which is this week’s podcast, that the summer newsletter will be open to the public, not just paid subscribers. I want everyone to stay up to date on all things job scams.

Mindy Stern invited me to share job scam tips with her “Accelerator Career Group mostly made up of job seekers, some of whom are actually her clients. Each month she invites any job seeker to come and listen to a speaker. She invited me to discuss “Clarify. Verify. Don’t just apply.”

I believe this group’s questions overall are what most people want to ask at this moment. Having been in multiple discussions on and offline and off-line, most have yet to grasp what I’ve shared here on “The Job Scam Report.” People are generally vigilant for a moment, but the landscape changes often.

Spotting and avoiding fake jobs, recruiters, career service professionals, and companies is essential to conducting a safe and strategic job search.

AI is still new. Everyone has access to it. People will be somewhat vigilant, but won’t notice changes in deviant behavior or deceitful presentations by bad actors.

Here are the questions I answered during the session. Listen for my answers. I’ll be answering many of them more deeply throughout the summer.

Here are the questions participants asked:

* “Are job scams actually getting worse, or are we just hearing more about them?”

* “What is the most convincing job scam that you’ve seen lately that even smart professionals could fall for?”

* “What are the first red flags that job seekers should be aware of before they ever hit apply?”

* “I’m in tech, so I see a lot of recruiting companies that may or may not be real, and I’ve recently started seeing AI recruiters. So how do I know an AI recruiter is from a legitimate company or from one of these fake companies that just popped up overnight?”

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

Most Vulnerable: New Grads, Fed Workers & Military Spouses in the Job Scam Crossfire

mardi 9 juin 2026 • Durée 46:52

I have just opened the floodgates: I’ve made this newsletter public for the summer. Before, you had to subscribe to my Substack to see the posts after 14 days. Now, everything is visible from May 13, 2024, to today and for the rest of the summer. Please share with your network, friends, and family.

In the last six months, I’ve published a couple of excerpts from this show, but this week I decided to release the full 46 minutes with the whole crew. As always, we are trying to make sense of job scam trends, yet our understanding is the surge continues as uncertainty grips the job market.

We’re all here: Ashley, Jay, Russ, and I are included in this episode.

Highlights from our discussion:

* We talked about LinkedIn’s “Open to Work” badge and how it’s no longer searchable.

* The ROI for scammers to pay for LinkedIn Recruiting to see users using the “Open to Work” tool with the “visible only to recruiters” setting.

* The deepfake bird video going around, and many people can’t tell it’s AI-generated.

* Russ mentions the overwhelming number of candidates using AI to interview.

* Scammers may have up to 98% of their targets’ personal information.

* Ashley said, “ I’ve even started advising my clients, don’t even go to LinkedIn, don’t even go to the regular job boards.”

* We discussed the personal cost victims face, not only from money stolen from them, but also they unknowingly become part of the crime.

* Jay brings up the point scams are more gamified now.

You know the mantra:

Clarify.Verify.Don’t just apply.

Vet everything and everyone. Today’s modern job search requires a safe, strategic, and well-informed approach.

Just a reminder…

Join me today as I share with Mindy Stern’s Career Accelerator group on how to spot and avoid job scams!

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

The Really Subtle and Simple Signs of Recruitment Fraud

mardi 19 mai 2026 • Durée 29:18

If you’ve been reading about job scams in the news, on this platform, or in videos, the only conclusion we can all reach is the escalation and frequency of job scams continue to surge, as do other types of scams.

The job numbers from any angle lack the comfort needed during these times.

If unemployment, or underemployment, were a giant desert you had to walk through, your mind would create small ponds, but it's miles away. You think relief is ahead. The mirage disappears the closer you get.That's what fake jobs do. But, in reality, it’s not real. But presentation isn’t the problem. What your mind creates often is. This is why constant vigilance is a must.

That’s why “Zero Trust” is what you must lead with when applying for jobs. There won’t be an easy way to spot and avoid bad actors. It’s counterintuitive to lead with skepticism when things get hard.

In this episode, I focus on “recruiting love bombing” and provide reasons not to engage in recruiting communication when it leads with flattery and false promises. I recognize it’s music to our ears, especially when so many rarely get any feedback from interviews, family, or friends during a long job search.

Enjoy the episode, and stay scam-free, y’all.

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Two Years Later, Job Scams Surge, And I'm Just Starting

mardi 12 mai 2026 • Durée 20:24

This week marks two years since the launch of “The Job Scam Report.” The project began as a direct response to a persistent job-market problem. Over that time, I’ve created more than 150 pieces of content—articles, videos, and podcasts.

I’m grateful that more than 3,000 subscribers have chosen to join me on this journey. Many of you found your way here through my work on “The Voice of Job Seekers.” The origins of this project began with my observations there, watching job seekers not just being misled.

They were lured and trapped.

Job seekers have long been considered prey for scammers wanting to steal personal information. In 2022, as I began to pay closer attention to job scams, I noticed their methods were shifting. The term at the time was “job fishing”—I described it as “…catfishing, but for jobs.”

As I began sharing my findings on LinkedIn, Marie Zimenoff—host of the Voice of America radio show and podcast “The Career Confidante”—invited me to discuss the topic. Back then, I didn’t view it as a long-term problem, but more as a temporary disruption. I expected job scams would subside as the job market reset and job seekers improved their strategies.

However, instead of fading, job scams evolved into a more sophisticated form of theft. Technologies like AI and video, while revolutionary, also enabled bad actors to scale their efforts. As technology has helped us become smarter and more productive, it has also given scammers new tools for deception.

Technology quickly became a double-edged sword. As excitement surged around AI and video production tools, scammers exploited these advances. It began with fake recruiters and HR managers impersonating real professionals, and soon escalated to fabricating entire company experiences—both fake start-ups and large corporations.

Bad actors scraped information from companies like Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Facebook, creating fake websites that closely resembled the originals, but with slightly altered URLs.

And they didn’t have to create a site to lure victims.

They also use real recruiters’ LinkedIn profiles to persuade victims to interview, then extract personal information via WhatsApp, Zoom, and other platforms.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

Job Scam Alert: Run Now if Employers Skip This

mardi 28 avril 2026 • Durée 07:59

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is likely the primary tool in the scammer’s arsenal. Not because it is doing everything for scammers, but their scaling the use of AI is causing constant doubt and fear. Both are the kryptonite for most job seekers entering a bare-bones job market.

Thanks for joining me for this short episode.

In this episode, I continue to discuss briefly two articles:

This article about Alaska came out after this episode was produced, but the report is recent.

Rutgers article warns students to be hyper-aware of job and internship scams. Michigan is also ringing the alarms on campus about awareness.

I also dive into the vigilance about background checks. This article discusses your rights and is a good way to educate yourself.

My advice remains the same: clarify, verify, and don’t just apply.

Stay safe and strategic out there.

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This is Why Job Scams Are Thriving in The Job Market Right Now

mardi 14 avril 2026 • Durée 06:57

The job market is tough. In this episode, I break down why job scams are more dangerous than ever, what the latest data reveals, and how smart job seekers must protect themselves.

What We Cover:

* Why economic uncertainty and job seeker apprehension are ripe grounds for harvest in job scams

* Scam evolution from obvious fake postings to convincing, process-driven fraud mimicking real hiring workflows

* Why outdated red flags (bad spelling, free email accounts) are moot. They no longer work.

* The structural warning signs you spot and avoid.

* Key findings from a Norton survey of 1,000 U.S. adults:

* 33% of Americans have encountered a job scam or suspicious posting

* Gen Z is more than twice as likely as Baby Boomers to encounter scams (44% vs. 21%)

* Nearly 1 in 4 people who encountered a scam fell for it

* Average financial loss per victim: $8,900

* Most impersonated brands: Amazon (30%), remote work agencies (29%), UPS/USPS (17%), FedEx, and the U.S. government

* Only 61% of adults can accurately detect a job scam

* Why Gen Z is scammed more frequently.What it means for your network.

Key Takeaway:Job searching is like breathing — if the air is bad, you adapt your strategy. You don’t stop breathing.

Clarify. Verify. Don’t just apply.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit markanthonydyson.substack.com/subscribe

This is Why Your Skepticism is Your Security

mardi 31 mars 2026 • Durée 11:28

You can’t trust what you can’t see. There’s truth and danger in that saying.

Technology is a sophisticated conundrum, and job candidates may unknowingly interview with fake recruiters as AI avatars. Real companies use them, as do fake ones.

The crew, Ashley, Jay, Russ, and I say you can’t trust everyone who is connected to hiring in any way, especially without researching them. Please listen to the end of the show when we discuss the groups most vulnerable to job scams.

Here are a few of the highlights of our discussion:

* Companies hiring fake employees, often actors from North Korea, who use these positions to gain long-term access to corporate and financial accounts before attacking.

* We emphasize aggressive defense tactics: hanging up on suspected spam calls immediately to prevent voice cloning, and documenting job applications to help spot fraud and mysterious job offers.

* With high concentrations of opportunities and a culture encourage information sharing, job seekers become prime targets.

* Stolen data and money fund criminal organizations worldwide. We emphasize the importance of operating from a position of power rather than scarcity.

* Special concern is raised for vulnerable populations: recent graduates unfamiliar with the job market, seasoned professionals laid off after 10+ years at one company, the elderly susceptible to scams, desperate job seekers who’ve exhausted unemployment benefits, and federal workers facing furloughs.

* Military spouses seeking remote work are particularly at risk due to frequent relocations.

* AI blurs the line between reality and deception.

Successful job searching demands zero-trust verification tactics. Your skepticism isn’t paranoia—it’s your best security. The panel offers to provide educational sessions at colleges and military bases to help combat this growing threat.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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